Christian County named fifth healthiest county in the state

County was only one in southwest Missouri in top 10

3:31 PM,
Mar. 26, 2013

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Christian County is one of the healthiest counties in Missouri, according to new national rankings.

The county ranked fifth in the state, the only county in southwest Missouri to be included among the top 10 counties. The rankings are done by the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J.